lao750
09-11-2008, 01:53 PM
Alright. I have 2 HD setups in my home. My original one and the new one I put in another room. The original one has the HD box from the cable company. The other one has no cable jack, and no way to cleanly put a new jack in. So, my options are doing something wireless from my other HD box, or wires everywhere (which won't look great with the wallmouted plasma). Does anyone know if anyone makes a wireless HD device that will send the HD signal from the box in the original room to the new room? If so, I'm in the market for a new receiver (I'll take recommendation on this too, looking for a nice mid-range receiver), so how will the device work? Do I need another HDMI input in the receiver? Can I watch tv on both sets at the same time? Help!!!!
Bigloww
09-11-2008, 02:12 PM
You have a few options.
1. If your current set is connected via HDMI, you can also use the component out from the same box to your new TV. But not sure how far away the 2nd TV and if running the analog component/audio cables would be practical or not. And you would also have to watch the same channel as the other TV.
2. Split the coax before the cablebox to the 2nd TV and connect it strait to the coax RF connection. Your TV probably has a built in QAM tuner (most new HDTV's do now). As long as you have digital cable, this will allow you to get all the unsrambled digital channels and some (depending on you area provider) HD stations including locals. But you won't get your premium scrambled channels like HBO ect. if you subscribe to them. And if your TV also has a Cable Card Slot, you can get 1 from the cable company (if yours uses them) and that will take care of your premium channels without the need of a STB.
3. Bite the bullet and have your cable company come out and install a new connection for you. If you complain enough, they just might do it for free.
They do have Wireless MC media extenders on the market for around $200 plus, but they are for PC Media Center extension and not for cable dish to my knowledge. But perhaps there is a solution I am not aware of.
Rick-F
09-12-2008, 06:56 AM
The Samsung FP-T5094 is a 50" wireless plasma. It will recieve a signal from the transmitter box upto about 30 feet. There is a slight delay-- and this is NOT a good solution for anyone who is going to connect a game to the TV. The TV also lacks "wired HDMI connections" (a big error on Samsung's part, I think.)
For watching TV/Cable/HDM/DVD this is a possible solution.